African Express Airways

IATA XU ICAO AXK Callsign EXPRESS JET
Founded	1986
Hubs	Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
Fleet size	6
Destinations	30
Headquarters	Nairobi, Kenya
Key people
Website	http://www.africanexpress.co.ke/

African Express Airways is an airline based in Nairobi, Kenya. It operates domestic and international passenger services. Its main base is Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi.^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

African Express Airways is the second fully Kenyan designated airline to over 30 countries in four continents. The airline is largest and oldest privately owned in East Africa based at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. It is a profitable, growing short-haul airline which targets business and leisure travelers, and operates a daily departure from Nairobi. The airline has a fleet of aircraft, which is augmented by a Boeing 727 operated for [Ishtar Airlines].

[edit] Destinations

African Express Airways operates services to the following domestic and international scheduled destinations: ^[2]

• Kenya
  • Mombasa (Moi International Airport)[Now flying daily-Just 3600 Kenya shillings]
  • Nairobi (Jomo Kenyatta International Airport) Base
• Mayotte
  • (Dzaoudzi Pamandzi International Airport)
• Somalia
  • Berbera (Berbera Airport)
  • Mogadishu (Aden Abdulle International Airport)
• Sudan
  • Juba (Juba Airport)
• United Arab Emirates
  • Dubai (Dubai International Airport)
  • Sharjah (Sharjah International Airport)
  • Abudhabi
• Yemen
  • Aden (Aden International Airport)
  • Al Mukalla (Riyan Airport)
• Jordan
  • Amman
• Comoros
  • Moroni
• Djibouti

[edit] Fleet

The African Express Airways fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 30 June 2009) ^[3]:

• 1 × Boeing 727-200 (which is operated for Ishtar Airlines)
• 2 × McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32
• 3 × McDonnell Douglas MD80

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website

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